Frankly, I do myself agree with that, poverty can cause many serious consequences, especially for young people during their school time. On the other hand, policymakers disagree and argue in the article "The Paradox of Poverty Narratives" said by Gerstl-Pepin (Leon-Guerrero 2008:151). They say that poverty has no effect on the outcomes that students will get in the future (Leon-Guerrero 2008:161) which I do extremely disagree with. Poverty can lead to low grades in most cases, and would lead to a new environment and probably certain friends from the same level as you are. Moreover, friends from the same level as you are can keep you on the same level and sometimes make you even poorer. Youth tends to act like their peers, so in most cases if the majority of your friends have bad grades or they are part of gangs that will probably going to influence you to be like
Frankly, I do myself agree with that, poverty can cause many serious consequences, especially for young people during their school time. On the other hand, policymakers disagree and argue in the article "The Paradox of Poverty Narratives" said by Gerstl-Pepin (Leon-Guerrero 2008:151). They say that poverty has no effect on the outcomes that students will get in the future (Leon-Guerrero 2008:161) which I do extremely disagree with. Poverty can lead to low grades in most cases, and would lead to a new environment and probably certain friends from the same level as you are. Moreover, friends from the same level as you are can keep you on the same level and sometimes make you even poorer. Youth tends to act like their peers, so in most cases if the majority of your friends have bad grades or they are part of gangs that will probably going to influence you to be like